Town file
Woodbury, Minnesota
Woodbury, Minnesota (Washington County, Minnesota) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 516, "The Office Stalker" (3 August 2024). Sharon Phillips Bloom was born on November 4, 1951 in Chicago, the daughter of Ida and Leonard Bloom.
- Town
- Woodbury
- County
- Washington County
- State
- Minnesota
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 516
- Approximate location
- 44.906, -92.924
Episode 516 / 3 August 2024 / 73 min / express
The Office Stalker
"James says 'this is Woodbury Minnesota which is in eastern Minnesota it is just east of St Paul', a suburb, and 'it is in Washington county'" about 0:03:40
The case: Murder of Sharon Phillips Bloom (November 2, 1989). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 74,014
- Median household income
- $114,252
- Median home value
- $435,800
History, in brief
- Woodbury was originally named Red Rock, after a sacred stone supposedly painted by the Dakota chief Little Crow. about 0:05:26
- In 1859, when the town was being incorporated, the state legislature discovered another Red Rock Township in Minnesota and told them they could not have the name. about 0:05:36
- The town was named after Judge Levi Woodbury of New Hampshire, a friend of the first town board chairman, although Woodbury never lived there. about 0:06:07
- The settlement of the place dates to 1844. about 0:06:28
- The land was mostly woods and was converted to farmland. about 0:06:31
- One farm still survives, the Charles Spangenberg farmstead. about 0:06:39
- The early immigrants were German, Irish, Swedish, Swiss, Scottish and Danish. about 0:06:47
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A resident of two years calls Woodbury well-educated, diverse, high class and accepting of all people, and would change nothing."about 0:07:08
3 stars
"The whole review is that the writer is not quite sure how the crime is in their neighbourhood."about 0:07:38
2 stars
"A great place to live, but everything is too far apart to get around without a car."about 0:07:58
3 stars
"Many popular fast casual places affordable for everyone and a wide variety of food, but not many bars or nightlife places, though there are some."about 0:08:08
3 stars
"You had better have boots and four-wheel drive because the streets are often unplowed."about 0:08:40
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Lino Lakes, Minnesota19 miles
- Crystal, Minnesota23 miles
- Red Wing, Minnesota27 miles
- Ham Lake, Minnesota27 miles
- Shakopee, Minnesota29 miles
- Andover, Minnesota31 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.